Information Governance (InfoGovernance) is the specification of decision rights and an accountability framework to encourage desirable behavior in the valuation, creation, storage, use, archiving and deletion of information. It includes the processes, roles, standards and metrics that ensure the effective and efficient use of information to enable an organization to achieve its goals. Information governance should be an element in planning an enterprise's information architecture.

(Gartner Hype Cycle for Legal and Regulatory Information Governance, 2009, December 2009).

An Engagement Area (EA) is an area where the commander of a military force intends to contain and destroy an enemy force with the massed effects of all available weapons systems.

(FM 1-02, Operational Terms and Graphics, September 2004).

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - December 15, 2010

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

This will be the last Weekly eDiscovery News and Views update in 2010 - however you can keep up with our daily eDiscovery related updates via @infogovernance on Twitter. We look forward to resuming publication of our weekly update in January 2011 and we wish you a peaceful and prosperous Holiday Season.
 


eDiscovery News
Content and Considerations

  1. 5 Email Compliance Mandates and Regulations - http://tinyurl.com/324cdbe (Mike Rede)
  2. ABA Ready to Tackle Social Media - http://tinyurl.com/298vzz5 (Erik Cummins)
  3. Analyzing "Care, Custody or Control" for Preservation and Production of Electronically Stored Information - http://tinyurl.com/25nycks (Jeffrey Nagel)
  4. Appeals Court Holds that Email Privacy Protected by 4th Amendment - http://tinyurl.com/2fp93y4 (Kevin Bankston)
  5. Are You Prepared for the Unintended Consequences of Cloud Computing? http://tinyurl.com/23rd752 (Rita McGrath)
  6. Case Summary: Genworth Fin. Wealth Mgmt.; Court Mandates Forensic Imaging and Imposes Sanctions http://tinyurl.com/2aej2ft (Roland Bernier)
  7. Considering Assessing Data Early in eDiscovery - http://j.mp/eR1jQx (Rob Robinson)
  8. Discoverability and Ethics of Social Media Data - http://tinyurl.com/253jr7s (Richard Raysman, Peter Brown)
  9. eDiscovery Trends to Watch For in 2011 - http://tinyurl.com/29gns67 (Marisa Peacock)
  10. F.B.I. Memos Reveal Cost of a Hacking Attack - http://tinyurl.com/24sosmf (Verne Kopytoff)
  11. Five Hard Truths Businesses Can Learn from WikiLeaks - http://tinyurl.com/24kqced (Brian Roddy)
  12. From CSI to ESI, 'eDiscovery' Acquires New Meaning in Law Enforcement - http://tinyurl.com/2czcxzt (David Quinones)
  13. Google and Social Media Playing Havoc With Juries - http://tinyurl.com/346bge5 (Sharon Nelson)
  14. Information Retention and eDiscovery in Europe - http://tinyurl.com/24ualpv (Chris Dale)
  15. Is it Ethical to Store Client Data in the Cloud? http://tinyurl.com/2cqnvsy (John Tredennick)
  16. Kroll’s Annual Report: Same-Old, Same-Old. So What Are We Going To Do About It? http://tinyurl.com/2fwrnjl (Ralph Losey)
  17. Legal Hold Guidelines for every Legal Department - http://tinyurl.com/37c9cww (Heidi Maher)
  18. Preventing Employees from Hoarding Electronic Documents - http://tinyurl.com/35wtj6d (Mark Diamond)
  19. Ruling on Cell Phone Tower Data Raises Privacy Issues - http://tinyurl.com/2aazkvw (Leonard Deutchman)
  20. Safely Storing Confidential Customer Data in the Cloud - http://tinyurl.com/2ffgat4 (Dinsmore & Shohl)
  21. Spencer on Pre-Litigation Preservation & Spoliation - http://tinyurl.com/23gspp8 (Adam Steinman)
  22. Stamping Out Spoliation: Perryman v. Potter - http://tinyurl.com/29gt3am (Josh Gilliland)
  23. Texting and Driving Is a Costly Business Risk - http://tinyurl.com/2fymote (Ira Leesfield)
  24. The Cost of Data Security Breach Notifications - http://tinyurl.com/2avzlpg (Chris Dale)
  25. The "Dispositive Question" for Determining Existence of Work-Product Protection - http://tinyurl.com/25b4coy (Katherine Gallo)
  26. The Red Herring of Defensibility and Predictive Coding - http://tinyurl.com/2ep67u7 (Craig Carpenter)
  27. The World [of Records Management] According to GARP® - http://tinyurl.com/34ynthe (Dennis Kiker)
  28. 'Viacom v. YouTube' Appeal May Decide Future of Web - http://tinyurl.com/2cytln3 (Amanda Bronstad)
  29. When it Comes to Collection, the OS is Not Your Friend - http://tinyurl.com/2doswea (Victor Limongelli)
  30. Will Spoliation Insurance Change How Judges Rule? http://tinyurl.com/2a7ek5y (Bill Tolson)
Reports and Resources
Technology and Tactics

Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events in 2011
 

JANUARY 

6th Electronic Documents and Records Management (ARMA)
January 24-25, 2011
Ottawa, ON, CA
Click here for more information.

LegalTech New York
January 31 – February 2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.

FEBRUARY

7th Annual Law Firm Chief Information Officer & Technology Officers Forum
February 1-2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.

Organization of Legal Professionals – Meet N’Greet
February 1, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.

7th International Asian Conference (ITechLaw)
February 3-4, 2011
Bangalore, India
Click here for more information.

MARCH

Directions 2011 – IDC
March 9, 2011
Boston, MA
Click here for more information.

Directions 2011 – IDC
March 15, 2011
San Jose, CA
Click here for more information.

5th Annual Sedona Conference Program on Staying Ahead of the E-Discovery Curve
March 17-18, 2011
San Diego, CA
Click here for more information.

ACED Annual E-Discovery Conference
March 23-25, 2011
Hollywood, FL
Click here for more information.

For Complete Events Calendar Visit - http://tinyurl.com/24cbckg

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - December 8, 2010

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News
Context for Considering Discovery

  1. A Graphical Look At Deduplication - http://tinyurl.com/23nrx8u (Anne Kershaw, Joe Howie)
  2. An Overview: 'Orbit One' Ruling Furthers Discussion on Sanctions - http://tinyurl.com/2bolzhe (Christopher Boehning, Daniel Toal)
  3. A Strategy to Sample All the ESI You Need - http://tinyurl.com/22t36v2- (NIck Brestoff)
  4. Convicted N.Y. Teacher May Obtain DA E-Mails to Defend Civil Action - http://tinyurl.com/3xx3ptf (Noeleen G. Walder)
  5. Court Orders Production Of Metadata For Class Action To Make Use Of Extensive Discovery - http://bit.ly/f8As5o (RCA Law)
  6. Declaring eDiscovery a Business Process - http://bit.ly/gJ0qK8 (Brian Babineau)
  7. Defining Early Case Assessment Applications (Vivian Tero) - http://tinyurl.com/3x9on2x
  8. Dissent to Order Adopting Mandatory Meet & Confer Rule Highlights Tension in eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/23a23p6 (K&L Gates)
  9. Does Your Workplace Policy Cover Social Media? http://tinyurl.com/2ddbeca (JD Lasica)
  10. Do You Know Where Your Documents Are? http://tinyurl.com/29lozyx (Marcia Green)
  11. Early Case Assessment to Get Your Story Straight - http://tinyurl.com/37mj8ow (Portia Moore, Theodore Prosise)
  12. Flaming Drives Online Social Networks - http://tinyurl.com/32v4eps (Jamie Condliffe)
  13. Has LPO Forced Lawyers, Vendors, and Service Providers To “Rethink” Alternatives? http://tinyurl.com/2a93gv4 (Robert Unterberger)
  14. International eDiscovery, Sanctions, Ethics and US-UK Comparisons at Georgetown - http://tinyurl.com/25yj3gt (Chris Dale)
  15. Keyword Searches not Good Enough for eDiscovery, Experts Say - http://tinyurl.com/232mkh9 (Cindy Waxer)
  16. Lateral Moves, Court Rulings Spotlight E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/2ffcjwc (Gina Passarella)
  17. Legislators, Regulators Consider 'Do Not Track' Mechanism - http://tinyurl.com/2d28p3m (Lora Bentley)
  18. Moody v. Turner: An eDiscovery Battle with No Winners - http://tinyurl.com/2768hml (Venkat Rangan)
  19. Not All eDiscovery Productions Are Musicals - http://tinyurl.com/22umget (Josh Gilliland)
  20. Pondering eDiscovery Without Those Pesky Humans - http://tinyurl.com/2b7jotf (Eric Lipman)
  21. Prove Data Retention Law's Usefulness or Repeal It, says EU Privacy Chief - http://tinyurl.com/2bggzwc (Pinsent Masons)
  22. Regulatory Compliance: Are You Affected? http://tinyurl.com/27vx2r6 (Sixto Ortiz)
  23. Review of FTC's Proposed Privacy Framework - Part 1 -http://tinyurl.com/36r967h (Richard Santalesa)
  24. Self-Collection Prohibited in Delaware - http://tinyurl.com/23crznm (Christopher Spizzirri)
  25. The Changing Landscape of eDisclosure - http://tinyurl.com/23gz45r (Craig Carpenter)
  26. Top 7 Legal Things to Know about Cloud, SaaS and eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/2awr5m9 (David Morris, James Shook)
  27. Viacom Appeals Ruling Favoring YouTube, Says it Immunizes Pirates - http://tinyurl.com/32uh3so (Amy Miller)
  28. Video: Ann Kershaw: Judges' Guide to Cost-Effective eDiscovery - http://tinyurl.com/2g2hn5a (Monica Bay)
  29. What If Your Company Has a WikiLeaks Problem? http://tinyurl.com/2bnmr2k (David Hechler)
  30. What Would Hal 9000 (WWH9D) Do for eDiscovery? http://tinyurl.com/2dk7qx7 (Barry Willms)
Compositions of Reports, Resources, Reviews, and Surveys
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events

DECEMBER 2010



Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Click here for more information.

ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
Click here for more information.

JANUARY 2011



6th Electronic Documents and Records Management (ARMA)
January 24-25, 2011
Ottawa, ON, CA
Click here for more information.

LegalTech New York
January 31 - February 2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.

For Complete Events Calendar Visit - http://tinyurl.com/24cbckg

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Weekly eDiscovery News and Views - December 1, 2010

Compiled from online public domain resources, provided for your review/use is this week's update of key industry news, views, and events highlighting key electronic discovery related stories, developments, and announcements.

eDiscovery News
Context for Considering Discovery

  1. 7th Circuit Focuses on More Test Cases, Surveys in Next Phase of eDiscovery Pilot Program - http://tinyurl.com/22v8bef (Isabel Arias)
  2. American Medical Association Adopts Policy on "Professionalism in the Use of Social Media" - http://bit.ly/hDr5Id (Colin J. Zick)
  3. Avoid Endless Paper Trails, Discovery Sanctions with Technology - http://tinyurl.com/259se5k (Lora Bentley)
  4. Canadian Courts Set High Bar for Privacy Damage Awards - http://tinyurl.com/387nw55 (Michael Geist)
  5. Considering the Ethical Challenges in Electronic Discovery: An Overview (Presentation) - http://tinyurl.com/23uqkmc (Tom O'Connor)
  6. Data Extraction from a Physical Dump - http://tinyurl.com/2efhvzz (Bram Jooij)
  7. Defense Lawyers Ask Congress for FCPA Changes - http://tinyurl.com/2fdtnp8 (David Ingram)
  8. District Court Declines to Order Incarceration for Defendant's Bad Faith Spoliation - http://tinyurl.com/2g696ft (K&L Gates)
  9. Email Archiving Migration for Novell GroupWise - http://tinyurl.com/35zr626 (Arnauld Savoye de Puineuf)
  10. Examining a PDF's "Document Properties" - http://tinyurl.com/2dh7xok (Ernie Svenson)
  11. EU Launches Antitrust Probe into Google Search Tampering - http://tinyurl.com/23pah3n (Matt Brown)
  12. How to Keep ESI at Bay in E-Discovery - http://tinyurl.com/2c3llv9 (Erik Sherman)
  13. IQPC Corporate Counsel Exchange - Conference Report and Interviews - http://tinyurl.com/2c7axwk (Greg Bufithis and Juan Di Luca)
  14. Is the Use of “Preserve in Place” a Gamble in Electronic Discovery? http://tinyurl.com/2cdajxr (Brian D'Agostino)
  15. Is Your Multifunction Printer Spilling Your Secrets? http://tinyurl.com/27r2heu (Sean Doherty)
  16. IT and eDiscovery Collections - http://tinyurl.com/27yrk6k (Christine Taylor)
  17. Magistrate Judge in NY Says Verbal Hold Notice May Be Ok and Questions the Value of Proportionality - http://tinyurl.com/396bkao (Ralph Losey)
  18. Massachusetts Publishes Database Detailing Pharma Payments to Health Providers - http://tinyurl.com/27v5p2b (Abi Gnanadesigan)
  19. No Privilege for Info Posted on Social Network Sites -http://tinyurl.com/2u8dv2t (Robert Brown)
  20. Now, Even Law Firms are Doing "LPO" - http://tinyurl.com/3ystd8y (Ron Friedman)
  21. NY Court Refuses to Relieve Burden of Law Firm to Delete Confidential Business Information - http://tinyurl.com/25sfeu5 (Michael Arkfeld)
  22. Orbit One Ruling Challenges Montreal Pension - http://tinyurl.com/2e69prx (Monica Bay)
  23. Predictive Coding Software Helps Morgan Lewis Review Millions of Pages in 1 Month - http://tinyurl.com/23s3ho6 (Debra Cassens Weiss)
  24. Privacy Class Actions Lag Behind the Online World - http://tinyurl.com/2dswh2l (Amy Miller)
  25. Reconsidering Online Defamation Damages - http://tinyurl.com/25p37px (Omar Ha-Redeye)
  26. Some Scratches of the Head Regarding Touted eDiscovery Costs by Bit US Companies - http://tinyurl.com/37vo23d (Rees Morrison)
  27. Texas Bar Can Withhold Some Members' E-Mail Addresses - http://tinyurl.com/2bc6fv6 (Mary Alice Robbins)
  28. The Case for General Counsels to Invest in R&D - http://tinyurl.com/245gr3a (Ron Friedmann)
  29. The Implicit Security and E-mail Warning in WikiLeaks Scandal - http://tinyurl.com/2foo2b5 (Rob Enderle)
  30. The Legal Content Companies that Matter Most - http://tinyurl.com/33m8tku (Robert Ambrogi)
  31. Ubiquitous Databases - Why we tend to ignore databases and how they can help us find key evidence. http://tinyurl.com/2fnrev3 (Craig Ball)
  32. Valuable Corporate Data Walking Out The Door With Departing Employees - http://tinyurl.com/2573w8q (Eric Sinrod)
  33. Will You Be Master of Your Domain Name? http://tinyurl.com/2at9kb2 (Trevor Schmidt)
  34. What is the EDRM Project Management Framework? http://tinyurl.com/2do23gy (EDRM)
  35. When a Breach of Contract Is Evidence of Computer Fraud - http://tinyurl.com/2ga5k2c (Nick Ackerman)
Compositions of Reports, Reviews, and Surveys
Content for Understanding Technology
Vendor Views
Industry Landscape
eDiscovery Events

DECEMBER 2010



Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Click here for more information.

ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
Click here for more information.

JANUARY 2011



6th Electronic Documents and Records Management (ARMA)
January 24-25, 2011
Ottawa, ON, CA
Click here for more information.

LegalTech New York
January 31 - February 2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.


eDiscovery Events

DECEMBER 2010


Gartner Data Center Conference
December 6-9, 2010
Las Vegas, NV
Click here for more information.

ALM – Virtual LegalTech
December 14, 2010
Online
Click here for more information.

JANUARY 2011


6th Electronic Documents and Records Management (ARMA)
January 24-25, 2011
Ottawa, ON, CA
Click here for more information.

LegalTech New York
January 31 - February 2, 2011
New York, New York
Click here for more information.